Alexandra Bircken

Alexandra Bircken is a German artist based in Berlin and Munich. Bircken creates assemblages featuring everyday ephemera like wood, knitted fragments and twigs. Her work has strong references to traditional craft practices and to the natural world, from which she sources her materials.

Early life and education Bircken was born in Cologne, Germany. She was brought up nearby in Remscheid. Her father was a motor engineer, but later worked for the weapons firm Mauser and Heckler & Koch.

Exhibitions Bircken's work has been exhibited at Museum Abteiberg (Mönchengladbach), Kunstverein Hannover, New Museum (New York), National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the Hepworth Wakefield (Yorkshire), and Whitechapel Gallery (London). In 2019, her work was included in the group exhibition, May You Live In Interesting Times, curated by Ralph Rugoff and presented at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in Italy.

Solo exhibitions